The World Economy, Population Growth, and the Global Ecosystem

' Finally, an economics text that begins with ' The Global Ecosystem' . This book is an ambitious attempt to develop a truly integrated analysis of the economy, society, and the natural world. ' - John M. Gowdy, Rittenhouse Professor of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

' In a challenging and innovative study, Whitmore analyzes the interactions between the world' s economic development and the functioning of our ecosystems, leading to insights that require a rewrite of most macroeconomic textbooks that tend to ignore these issues. This book challenges traditional macroeconomics by focusing on the vital relations between economics, natural resources and ecology. ' - Ekko van Ierland, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

' Harland Whitmore combines the skills of an economic modeler with an awareness of market imperfections and environmental constraints. His global model provides a central role for natural resources and waste flows into the environment, as well as for disequilibrium, unemployment, imperfect information, and unintended savings or investment. He takes ' green accounting' seriously, and focuses on the importance of government policy for environmental protection, production and employment. This book goes beyond the limitations of most standard economic models to offer a new perspective on ecological macroeconomics. ' - Jonathan Harris, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, USA